[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: copy a list to a new directory

[Graham Wilson]

On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 11:05:56AM -0500, Bobby Wrenn wrote:
> Not exactly. I want to provide the list of files to copy from a file. 
> There are files in each directory that are not on the play list. I want 
> to copy the file on the play list into a single directory in order to 
> convert and burn them onto CDs.

Try this:

 for f in `cat list_of_files`; do
     cp $f .
 done

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gram